SDG Indicator 14.4.1 – Fish stocks sustainability
Offered by
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Course details
- Effort
- 3.5 hours
- Level
- Intermediate
- Language
- English
- French
- Russian
- Spanish
- Venue
- Online
- Certificate
- Yes
- Price
- Free
Course summary
This course presents tools, methods, and processes to monitor and report on Indicator 14.4.1 within Goal 14 and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Topics
- Sustainable Development Goals
- 2030 Agenda
- Zero hunger
- Life below water
- Partnerships for the goals
- Partnerships for the goals - Systemic Issues
About this course
This course focuses on SDG Indicator 14.4.1 – Fish stocks sustainability: “Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels”. It introduces basic fisheries concepts and definitions, illustrates some technical aspects of classical and data-limited stock assessment and provides detailed guidance on process and tools for the analysis and reporting of the Indicator.
The course consists of 5 lessons, ranging from approximately 30 to 60 minutes duration each:
- Lesson 1 Introduction to SDG Indicator 14.4.1
- Lesson 2 Concepts and process behind the estimations of SDG Indicator 14.4.1
- Lesson 3 Estimation of SDG Indicator 14.4.1 from classical stock assessment outputs
- Lesson 4 Estimation of SDG Indicator 14.4.1 from data-limited methods
- Lesson 5 Guidelines for national reporting of SDG Indicator 14.4.1
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Download syllabusTarget audience
The target audience of this course includes:
- National fisheries administration officials
- Policy-makers or advisors
- Members of the fishing community/fishing organizations
- Fisheries scientists, data analysts, and statisticians
Learning objectives
You will learn about:
- The rationale of indicator 14.4.1 within the 2030 Agenda
- Basic definitions and fundamental concepts related to fish stock assessment
- Methods and data requirements of classical stock assessments
- How to access the BlueBRIDGE Virtual Research Environment to run some of the main data-limited methods on the platform
- The steps of the procedure for building and reporting Indicator 14.4.1